The Potsdam Museum has three facilities for exhibits located in the city besides the main building in the Benkertstraße street. In the memorial "Lindenstraße 54 - former GDR state security prison," the building's cell wing and the prison yard with open access cells can be viewed. A documentary on the history of political justice will be on display in the lobby. During the Second World War, the building was used as a political prison. After the war, the building was utilized by the Soviet KGB secret service agency and by the East German state security apparatus in 1952.
In the building of the Bundesvermögensamt (Federal Property Office) a permanent exhibit was mounted about the Glienicker Brücke bridge. The visitor can learn everything about the varied history of that bridge through display diagrams and individual items in the lobby. The exhibit "Potsdam and the 20th of July 1944" memorializes the "Uprising of Conscience." Opposition and resistance began in 1933, but the whole world learned about the resistance movement within Germany because of the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944.
Memorial Lindenstraße 54
Former prison of the GDR (East German) state security
Lindenstraße 54
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 03
Fax: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 08
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Thursday, 9am - 5pm
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am - 5pm
Closed on public holidays
Guided tours upon request
Admission prices:
Adults: 3.00 Euro with guide (1.50 without guide)
Students: 2.00 Euro with guide (1.00 Euro without guide)
The "Glienicker Brücke" bridge
Bundesvermögensamt
Berliner Straße 89-101
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 03
Fax: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 08
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
Visitors please report to the reception
Admission is free
Potsdam and the 20th of July 1944
Ministry for City Development, Housing and Transportation
Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße 2-8
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 03
Fax: +49 (0)331 - 289 68 08
Business hours:
Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
Application for admission at the guards office in the ministry's main entrance
Free entry
